When ISIS first began, it relied on the assistance of other states in the region for funding: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar. Now, however, US intelligence officials and other experts contend that ISIS makes $3 million a day from oil revenue, human trafficking, theft and extortion. Simply put, it is a finely tuned financial machine. […]

Syria’s Usaid Barho ran away from home on his way to school one day to join the Islamic State. Jihadists recruiting outside of a mosque convinced the 14-year-old Sunni that their militant group was fighting a righteous religious battle. The boy said, I believed in Islam. They told him that if he did not help […]

Sokleine Twitter is bursting with expressions of solidarity for Charlie Hebdo. But, laced within is a disturbing trend. Young people, in an attempt to be progressive, are trying to see both sides of the issue. Generally, there are two sides to an issue that are, if not equally valid, equally worthy of at least a […]